- Summary
- Videotape testimony of Ludwig B., who was born in Pfungstadt, Germany in 1911. He recalls his observant childhood within the small Jewish community; antisemitic harassment in the local school; his mother's death; his father's remarriage; attending school in Darmstadt; the absence of antisemitism; attending medical school in Frankfurt; moving to Geneva in 1933 to continue his studies (his departure was the day before enactment of a law requiring visas for Jews); emigration to the United States to join an uncle; passing his medical exams; and marriage, divorce, remarriage, and divorce. Mr. B. discusses learning his father and stepmother were deported and perished; his sister's emigration to England on a children's transport; strained relations with his father before leaving Germany; difficult relations with his own children; and attending synagogue, which he views as a link to his past.
- Author/Creator
- B., Ludwig, 1911-
- Published
- New York, N.Y. : A Living Memorial to the Holocaust-Museum of Jewish Heritage, 1992
- Interview Date
- May 4, 1992.
- Locale
- Pfungstadt (Germany)
Germany
Darmstadt (Germany)
Frankfurt am Main (Germany)
Geneva (Switzerland)
- Cite As
- Ludwig B. Holocaust Testimony (HVT-2075). Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies, Yale University Library.
- Other Authors/Editors
- Strochlic, Kathy, interviewer.
